Carnets de scène
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Carnets de scène is the name of an album recorded by the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 artist Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas is a French singer and actress.Kaas is a very successful French-speaking singer, with an International following...

. It was her first live album, and her third album overall. Recorded during the Scène de vie tour, Kaas' first concerts tour, and released in 1991, the album was successful, particularly in France
France
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, and was also re-issued as DVD in 2004.

Background

After the huge success of her first two studio albums, Kaas decided to performed a series of concerts across the world : the Scène de vie tour. There were 210 concerts, 650,000 spectators in 13 countries, including Japan
Japan
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, Canada
Canada
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 and the USSR, where she sang in Moscow
Moscow
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 and Leningrad
Saint Petersburg
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. It was recorded across two days between May 12 and 19, 1990, at Zénith of Paris (France).

The album contains many songs from Mademoiselle chante...
Mademoiselle chante...
Mademoiselle chante... is the name of an album recorded in 1987 by the French singer Patricia Kaas. It was her debut album and was precedeed by the hit singles "Mademoiselle chante le blues" and "D'Allemagne".- Background :...

and Scène de vie
Scène de vie
Scène de vie is a studio album recorded by the French artist Patricia Kaas. It was her second album and was released in 1990. It confirmed the singer's potential, reaching the top of the albums chart in France.-Background:...

, plus a few new songs, such as "Lily Marlène". The hits "Mademoiselle chante le blues" and "Quand Jimmy dit" were performed in an extended version.

About 13 years later, the label Sony BMG also published the album as a live DVD
DVD
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.

Chart performances

The CD went straight to #8, its peak position, on December 6, 1991, on the French SNEP Albums Chart. It remaied for only two weeks in the top ten and 16 weeks in the top 40. It achieved double gold four years after its release.

The album was less successful in Germany (#53) and Switzerland (#40), where it stayed in the low positions.

Track listing

CD
# Title Length
1. "Générique (Thème Montmajour"
(F.Burnheim)
2:04
2. "Les Mannequins d'osier"
(D.Barbelivien / F.Bernheim)
3:49
3. "Venus des abribus"
(E.Depardieu / D.Perrier - F.Bernheim)
3:49
4. "Mon mec à moi
Mon mec à moi
"Mon mec à moi" is the name of a 1987 song recorded by the French singer Patricia Kaas. It was her third single from her debut studio album, Mademoiselle chante..., on which it features as first track, and her fourth single overall...

"
(D.Barbelivien / F.Bernheim)
5:02
5. "Cœurs brisés"
(T.Delianis / C.France)
3:31
6. "L'Heure du jazz"
(J.C.Collo / F.Bernheim - D.Barbelivien)
4:28
7. "Lili Marlène"
(H.Leip / N.Schulze)
1:03
8. "D'Allemagne"
(D.Barbelivien - F.Bernheim / D.Barbelivien)
3:40
9. "Summertime"
(D.Heyward - G.Gershwin)
2:35
10. "Kennedy Rose"
(E.Depardieu / F.Bernheim - D.Barbelivien)
3:40
11. "Mademoiselle chante le blues
Mademoiselle chante le blues
"Mademoiselle chante le blues" is the name of a 1987 song recorded by the French singer Patricia Kaas. It was her first single from her debut studio album, Mademoiselle chante..., on which it features as ninth track, and her second single overall...

"
(D.Barbelivien - B.Medhi / D.Barbelivien)
7:58
12. "Bessie"
(P.Grosz / F.Langolff)
4:46
13. "Les hommes qui passent
Les hommes qui passent
"Les Hommes qui passent" is a 1990 song recorded by the French singer Patricia Kaas. It was her first single from her second studio album, Scène de vie, on which it features as sixth track, and her seventh single overall...

"
(D.Barbelivien / F.Bernheim)
4:56
14. "Une Dernière Semaine à New-York"
(D.Barbelivien / F.Bernheim)
3:42
15. "Quand Jimmy dit"
(F.Bernheim - D.Barbelivien / D.Barbelivien)
7:34
16. "Un Dernier Blues"
(D.Barbelivien)
2:04


DVD

Same track listing

Personnel

  • Management : Talent Sorcier (Cyril Prieur, Richard Walter)
  • Production : Gérard Drouot productions, Note de blues
  • Production director : Jean-Hugues Feugeas
  • Musical direction : Claude Samard, Patriciens and her vocalists
  • Bass, percussion : Noël Assolo
  • Bass, saxophone : Philippe Gonnand
  • Guitar : Jean-Pierre Taieb
  • Drum kit : Jean-Claude Givoine (+ electronic drum kit), Christophe Deschamps, Pascal Reva
  • Keyboards : Benoît Sourisse (+ harmonica), Michel Amsellem, Yves Ottino
  • Background vocals : Slim Batteux, Jacques Mercier
  • Sound engenner and mixing : Bruno Lambert
  • Artistic production : Jean-Jacques Souplet
  • Recorded at Studio Le Voyageur II
  • Mixed at Studio Marcadet
  • Photo on the cover : Bernard Levy
  • Photos in the booklet : B.Auger, F.Garcia, C.Gassian, B.Leloup, B.Levy, M.Marizi, Naoki, B.Pierrat, P.Riedinger, S.Rubinstein, P.Terrasson, F.Vernhet, X
  • Design : Antonietti, Pascault & Ass.

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
France 2 x Gold 1995 200,000

Charts

Chart (1991-1992) Peak
position
French Albums Chart 8
German Albums Chart 53
Swiss Albums Chart 40
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